Cultural Differences Between The Usa And Japan

I compared the United States of America to Japan and was surprised to find out that our two cultures are surprisingly different in all six dimensions on the Hofsted’s 6-D model. The results of the comparison are as follows;
The Power Distance Category
In the Power Distance Category the USA scored 40 and Japan scored 54. Within American organizations, hierarchy is established for convenience, generally U.S. Companies decision making is quick. Superiors give leeway to subordinates so that they can decide and make decisions quickly. Unfortunately, there are ...view middle of the document...

d.). Another example is how Japanese companies make decisions. Japanese company’s decision making is in stages along with their corporate hierarchy. Japanese decisions are very cautious and conservative and sometimes slower than U.S. companies. These stages are backed by plenty of meetings and documentation. This minimizes error and brings consistency at all levels (Btrax, 2010).
The Individualism Category
In the Individualism category the USA scored 91 and Japan scored 46. In this area the USA scored high due to people in the USA are rewarded for their individualism the “I “concept and if they do something bad it only affects them. People in Japan have a stronger belief in the “we” concept, for example, people in Japan have a belief that if they do something dishonorable it not only reflect dishonor on the individual it also reflect dishonor on the family or organization as well. In other words Japanese people tend to keep restrained in this category than people from the USA.
The Masculinity Category
Moving over to the masculinity column on the Hofsted’s model the USA scored 62 and Japan Scored 95. The USA have the “strive to be the best you can be mentality’’, and as a result, Americans will tend to display and talk freely about their “successes” and achievements in life. Being successful is not the great motivator in American society, but being able to show one’s success is the key (Hoftsted, 2015). In the masculinity area Japan scored higher due to Japan having a competitive culture. Kids are taught at an early age (like at elementary school sporting events) that competition is good and that always working hard will ensure a rewarding future.
The Uncertainty Avoidance Category
In the Uncertainty Avoidance column the USA scored 46 and Japan scored 92. The average American have the “We can do it mentality” even if they know that they only have a 50-70% probability of accomplishing a certain goal or success rate. After they accept and start working towards the goal, they try to achieve as close as possible to 100%. In Uncertainty Avoidance area, Japan scored higher than the USA due to most Japanese people feel that even if it’s possible to achieve 100% of their goal, they don’t say “Yes” or they can do it. Their agreement is careful because they want to be accurate. ...

Other Essays Like Cultural Differences Between the Usa and Japan

1176 words - 5 pages
American and Japan Educational Differences
ANT 101
David Jenkins
January 22, 2014
American students used to out score most other industrial counties. Lately America has fallen behind in most areas of learning. While education in Japan has continued to show great improvement in that last few decades, in contrast to America. What are some of the reasons for this difference? Is it teachers, teaching

628 words - 3 pages
Differences between the poor and rich countries
World is divided into two unequal parts; the first part contains countries that having stable and good economy while the other part contains counties that are suffering of bad and unstable economics. Thus, there are poor counties and rich ones and without any doubt there are some factors for inequality between rich and poor counties. Can these factors be age, availability of natural

574 words - 3 pages
Similarities and differences between men and women are critical condition. Obviously, men and women are seemingly alike. And the similarities between them make people don’t distinguish carefully between their features. However, they are different in certain aspects such as physical structure, emotion, and interest.
Obviously, men are different in their physical structures, emotion, and interest from women. According to the body structure

1004 words - 5 pages
The Differences in Mormon Religion
Daniela Delgadillo
Com/170
November 04, 2013
Rakel Sampson
The Differences in Mormon Religion
Though they both share the Mormon name, Mormons and Fundamentalist Mormons have differences on several points, including views of Joseph Smith, The Priesthood, and Polygamy.
Joseph Smith is a prophet of the Mormon Religion that founded The Church of Jesus Christ. The church was founded in Fayette, New York

1065 words - 5 pages
The Differences Between ADN and BSN Nurses
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430v
5/01/16
For those not working in the healthcare field, the profession of nursing can cause a lot of confusion. There are multiple different certifications or degrees that get lumped into many peoples’ idea of nursing. For example, there are certified nursing assistants (CNAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), associate-level nurses (ADNs), baccalaureate

1689 words - 7 pages
Similarities and Difference between Oceania and the United States
This paper will discuss the similarities and differences between the Oceanic society of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and the society of the United States. First I will talk about the similarities and then I will finish off with the differences, all of which will be based on factual information that I have gathered both, from the book and the mainstream media. Then I

1048 words - 5 pages
FTA BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND USA, A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO OPEN OUR COUNTRY TO AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET.
Many people think that the Free trade agreement between Colombia and United States is not a good option to our producers because we are not ready to open our market, but we are in a globalized world and if Colombia hadn´t approved this agreement, we would have been producing in the same way without thinking to improve our methods and how to be more

555 words - 3 pages
The antagonism which occurred between Cuba and the US was clearly shown by the Cuban missile Crisis. There were some events which led the antagonism to the Cuban missile Crisis and the seed of the antagonism would be when Fidel Castro takes power over Cuba in 1959 January 1st. As Castro took power, he nationalized all American-owned companies and this made US angry which led to the blockade on Cuba in 1960. Since the only thing Cuba had was a

1179 words - 5 pages
Relationships between Japan and the World
During the period of 1914 to 1939, Japan established multiple relationships with the rest of the world due to the many incidents that occurred. Japan emerged as a powerful country and conquered their goal of dominance in which created many positive and negative effects with the world to an extent. Japan mostly formed negative relationships with other nations however, that were not friendly but in fact

869 words - 4 pages
Japan between the eras and nature in Japanese literature
When we talk about Japan we talk about more than 2000 years of literature. Chinese literature was the main influence of the early Japanese works, and so was the Indian through the diffusion of Buddhism. Japan didn’t get rid of these influences until the end of the Edo era.
Despite the beauty and charm of the Japanese literature, it was not very known in the west, and that is due to its

269 words - 2 pages
In this essay I will compare and contrast the differences and similarities between a heart attack and a stroke. A heart is damage and loss of function of an area of the heart muscle. Strokes are sudden episodes of weakness or paralysis that occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted.Heart attacks and strokes are two different conditions, but they both have some common elements. In both cases, the restriction of blood flow is the crucial

Related Papers

602 words - 3 pages
Cultural Differences between the United States and Japan
Dena Lassley
Saint Leo University
There are many differences between the cultures of the United States and Japan. Some of these include religion, the food they eat, the clothes they wear and the way they view their people. According to Ivancevich and Konopaske, Hofstede believes that cultural differences are not changing, but work related norms and values may be. He also feels that

2159 words - 9 pages
Cultural differences in doing business
A comparison between The Netherlands and The United Kingdom
Introduction. Facts and figures. 2
Business structure 3
Meetings 5
Team work 7
Communication styles 8
Dress code 10
Introduction. Facts and figures.
The purpose of this research is to find the differences in business culture and behavior of The Netherlands and The United Kingdom. The similarities are much more numerous than

1368 words - 6 pages
Introduction
The case of unsuccessful alliance between an American Corning, Inc. and Mexican Vitro because of cross cultural differences shows an important role of a national culture in international alliances. As the impact of each culture on decision making process had a significant role, our paper shows what kind of cultural clashes brought to a failure of a joint venture and what kind of different perceptions and experiences of each

3597 words - 15 pages
Creative problem-solving styles in the USA and Japan
[pic]
The Authors
Paul Herbig, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, USA, and
Laurence Jacobs, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Abstract
Explores the cultural differences between Japan and the USA as they influence in the practice of creativity. Western logic reflects its Cartesian heritage of a clear, linear path of reasoning or the “scientific